Mister Ed said:

Is it true that Jimmy and Watts Senior sat together at the Dockers game yesterday?

No, Jimmy sat next to Watts Senior at the U18 Championships Final at Telstra Dome.

  chapter 2 said:

there is no way Hurley would slip to 17 or 18. Dual All Australian full back, won vic metro's MVP for the carnival has fantastic closing speed and last year played forward in a TAC cup game in which he kicked 6 goals. The kid is a gem and if his talent isn't his selling point then his consistancy has got to be.

I believe he could slip that low. I mentioned in another thread that one of the Bulldogs player development coaches told me that the Doggies wouldn't look at him because there was a query over his leg speed

Personally I wouldn't draft Hurley inside the first round. On top of that he has no role to play in our team, so it would be a wasted pick wherever we picked him.

Everyone is raving about him, but unfortunately his lack of speed really limits where he can play on the field. It's like drafting Nick Smith again, as an example.

To the same end, I worry about Jared Rivers when he returns given his lack of athleticism. You can only play these players (slow key positions players) in a few spots. In defence you can play them on the opposition gimp (as Hurley did in the under 18 Championships playing on resting ruckmen and Rivers does for us) or you can play them as a pack marking forward. but the game is moving away from the slow tall forward, as you can see by how much more competitive we have been since Robbo and Neitz were injured.

But Hurley, for all his skill, hands and strength, is too slow to play on the modern footballer the way the game is played now. He is a very good under 18 player and probably a very good VFL player. The big plus for him is how well he uses the ball, which may have some teams using him as a sweeping tall. But I wouldn't pick him up in the first round.

  Axis of Bob said:

To the same end, I worry about Jared Rivers when he returns given his lack of athleticism. You can only play these players (slow key positions players) in a few spots. In defence you can play them on the opposition gimp (as Hurley did in the under 18 Championships playing on resting ruckmen and Rivers does for us) or you can play them as a pack marking forward. but the game is moving away from the slow tall forward, as you can see by how much more competitive we have been since Robbo and Neitz were injured.

But Hurley, for all his skill, hands and strength, is too slow to play on the modern footballer the way the game is played now. He is a very good under 18 player and probably a very good VFL player. The big plus for him is how well he uses the ball, which may have some teams using him as a sweeping tall. But I wouldn't pick him up in the first round.

I share your concerns Bob.

  chapter 2 said:

there is no way Hurley would slip to 17 or 18. Dual All Australian full back, won vic metro's MVP for the carnival has fantastic closing speed and last year played forward in a TAC cup game in which he kicked 6 goals. The kid is a gem and if his talent isn't his selling point then his consistancy has got to be.

Thats what they they said about Anthony Banik too... for those who can remember him!

For those interested, Hurley had 30+ touches on the w/end for Northern Knights

lol. we wont be picking up hurley so give it a break. we will have a top 2 draft pick no matter what..and our next pick will be around 20 unless we trade for an earlier pick. Hurley will most definitely be picked up between 4 and 12

  Freak said:

lol. we wont be picking up hurley so give it a break. we will have a top 2 draft pick no matter what..and our next pick will be around 20 unless we trade for an earlier pick. Hurley will most definitely be picked up between 4 and 12

hopefully our next pick will be 17 or 18 (second round PP) but yeah, hurley should be gone by then